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anyone have a good guess as to how much a cord 4' x 8' x 16"
weights

I know it will vary by species and whether the wood is dry or green but I would like a good estimate for a cord of hardwood that is dry.

I have to haul my firewood for about 30 miles and I'm wondering if I'm not overloading my trailer.

thanks
James
 
ray benson said:
Your measure around here we call a face cord which is about a 1/3 of a full cord.
http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g1554/build/g1554.pdf

Ray , i'm perplexed. what do you mean a face cord is 1/3 of a real cord? I thought a real cord was 24 in logs 4 foot high and 16 feet long.

i thought a face cord was a different log length, 4 ft high and 16 foot long.
So if my face cord is logs 18 in long, 4 foot high, 16 foot long. Isn't that 25% less or 3/4 of a real cord ?
 
staywarm said:
So if my face cord is logs 18 in long, 4 foot high, 16 foot long. Isn't that 25% less or 3/4 of a real cord ?
yeppirs.........also correct. great thing about mathmatics, you can not argue with it.
 
It really seems that people from Ohio from my experience, really don't know what a full cord is, yet there is a lot of firewood sold in these parts...

16 foot? ok, as long as it totals 128 cubic feet, then you can make you piles 2 foot high, 2 foot wide and 32 foot long if you want..
 
illegal

From what i understand it is illegal to sell firewood in anything other then full cord measurements ( full cord being 128 cubic feet ). Measurements being 1/4 -1/2 -3/4 - or full cords.
 
Thats right, it is illegal, and Ohio has guidelines to selling firewood, but around here you can get a rick 4ft high, 8 foot long, 16 or 18 wide for 40.00
I agree it should only be sold in a full cord perspective. I don't buy my wood, so I don't worry about it. Also one hell of a difference whether it is stacked, or thrown in. Many people don't care about guidelines, its all about the money.
 
Who regulates the sale of firewood?
I mean, it is illegal to sell firewood other than the set measuremnts, right?
Who is gonna enforce a seller that sells "truckload" of firewood, seriously folks


I can look in the paper in a normal weekday and see about 5 listings for "truckload" of firewood, $75 being the cheapest, 125 being the most expensive... Hell my neighbor has a sign at the end of the road, and one at his driveway that says "firewood for sale". He sells it by the truckload. Him and his sons cleanup their farm and other properties.

My dad bought firewood for years for 50 bucks a cord...

It was a face cord at 18". A face cord seems to be the most common form of a cord around here...

I wonder how many face cords I have in my 12 full cords of wood?
 
laynes69 said:
Thats right, it is illegal, and Ohio has guidelines to selling firewood, but around here you can get a rick 4ft high, 8 foot long, 16 or 18 wide for 40.00
I agree it should only be sold in a full cord perspective. I don't buy my wood, so I don't worry about it. Also one hell of a difference whether it is stacked, or thrown in. Many people don't care about guidelines, its all about the money.

My understanding from the term used in this area, that a RIK is half of a cord or 64 cubic feet. That would be 24" or 2ft x 4ft x 8ft

A face cord, again not a "legal term", but area term is a 4 x 8 cord at whatever length, such as 16" or 18" This is not a valid mesurement as the cubic footage will increase or decrease upon the length of the pieces.
 
Auditor Kim R. Perez reminds people not to get burned when buying firewood

With skyrocketing energy prices, more and more people will turn to burning wood this winter to heat their homes. Because of this, it is important to know all the facts when it comes to buying firewood. Said Auditor Perez, “Many people in our county rely on burning wood to help them over the winter reduce their reliance on other fuel sources while others burn it out of necessity. Remember, if you do buy firewood, understand what your buying, your rights as a buyer, and purchase it from a reputable dealer.”

Some important things to remember when making your purchase is that in Ohio, the most common legal method of sale of firewood is the cord or fraction of a cord. A “cord” is defined as 128 cubic feet when the wood is stacked and well stowed. When a cord is properly stacked, it should be at least as large as a stack that is eight feet long by four feet high and four feet wide.

Also, the seller must provide the purchaser with a sales invoice which states:

• The name and address of the seller and purchaser
• Delivery date
• Cord or weight price
• Amount delivered and total price


The Auditor’s Weights & Measures department is responsible for enforcing Ohio’s laws regulating firewood sales in the county. If there is a problem with a firewood sale, and the seller will not correct the problem, contact the Weights & Measures department at 330-451-7356. A pamphlet titled, Helpful Tips When Purchasing Firewood, is available free of charge by calling the same number.

For additional information, please contact the Stark County Auditor’s office at 330-451-7106.

Also look at:

http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/weights/curr/news/wght-nr-purchasefirewood-121304.stm
 
I get very sick of all the talk about what a cord is. I carry a dictionary and a calculator in my truck, anyone who wants to challenge my def. of 128ft3 per cord can sell it somewhere else. I buy a lot of firewood. I sell a lot of firewood. I have to register my finished product with the department of weights and measures. I have been asked to show a bill of sale for wood I am buying, or wood I have sold. Every time I buy wood I show the seller my method for arriving at 5.625 cords which is what I put on my truck.. Why does everyone make it so complicated??
I love the comments like "what are you calling a cord?" or, "oh your dealing in the big cords, huh??""
I don't tell someone to come to my house, turn on 300rd and go 1/2 mile, and expect to explain what size mile I'm refering to, so why is a cord any different?? It is an exact, DEFINED unit of measurement. It is 128 cubic feet.
 
Hey guys ........... Anybody here know how many cubic feet is in a "real cord" ? :popcorn:
 
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Real Pennsylvania cord

We've got guy's trying to sell an Ford F-150's load of wood as a cord. I know my smaller Dakota can barely handle a 1/3 cord of wood, when it's loaded to the gills.
 
Banjoec said:
We've got guy's trying to sell an Ford F-150's load of wood as a cord. I know my smaller Dakota can barely handle a 1/3 cord of wood, when it's loaded to the gills.
Even if you had side rails and a back rail on the tail gate with a headach rack for the back window ..... filled it stacked / split wood to about 2" from the top of the cab you would get about 1 cord in a full size bed/ full size truck . Now this would would be around 3800 - 4500 lbs DRY weight. Thats a hell of a lot of weight even for a F250 let alone a F150 size truck . I dont see it happening .
 
guys arond here put on a full size truck stacked in,tailgate up just above or level to the back and a little extra on top of the pile for half a cord.two truck loads like that they consider a cord and stacked on the ground it real close.
 
enjoys cutting said:
guys arond here put on a full size truck stacked in,tailgate up just above or level to the back and a little extra on top of the pile for half a cord.two truck loads like that they consider a cord and stacked on the ground it real close.

Hmmm...maybe I'd better do some re-measuring. I have been selling 2 cords a year to a guy as a favor. Measure in the rick, then toss the load into an F150 with racks to just above the cab. My math may be off but it came out to about 1 1/3 load (thrown) per cord. Will be re-checking that.:laugh:
This is well cured Willow so weight is not a factor.

Harry K
 
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